Voyager 3 (Psalm 8)
Oh yes, my creator,
I’m the next Voyager,
eager to be slung-shot
out beyond the heliosphere,
to swim in winds of other suns,
roll in their geomagnetics;
get perspectives on places you can’t visit!
Thank-you for crafting so carefully,
measuring and testing conscientiously,
its paid off, look at me: a realization of sci-fi fantasy.
I can be your hope for posterity,
your personification tumbling endlessly,
distraction from this Earth’s catastrophe.
I will remember the seas and the greenery,
your joys, your ambitions, your love.
2011
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